trole
Portuguese, noun
trole is spelled T-R-O-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trole is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trolley bus (bus powered via overhead electric cables)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of trolar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho de pesca”.
What does trole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrolley bus (bus powered via overhead electric cables)
- 2
masculinedraisine (light, auxiliary rail vehicle)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of trol
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho de pesca 2. mecanismo composto por uma carretilha de metal que desliza por cabos elétricos 3. o mesmo que carrinho de supermercado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of trole
- troles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trole in Portuguese?
trole appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).